The Technique of Orchestration Workbook

The Technique of Orchestration Workbook, Seventh Edition,accompanies the textbook of the same name―the definitive resource on the study of orchestration―providing musical excerpts, full scores, and scoring assignments to enrich the lessons learned in the textbook. Spanning an array of periods and styles, the musical examples collected here cover scoring techniques in the following sections:

• Strings
• Woodwinds
• Brass
• Scoring of Chords
• Transcribing Piano Music
• Scoring for Woodwinds, Horns, and Strings
• Percussion
• Harp and Keyboard Instruments
• Scoring for Full Orchestra

Additional learning tools include transposition exercises, error detection drills, and discussions on harmonics, while the workbook pages are perforated throughout for ease of use in and out of the classroom. Featuring the music of Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Schumann, Copland, Bartók, and many more, The Technique of Orchestration Workbook, Seventh Edition, is an invaluable companion to the textbook.

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